The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-05
THREE STATES IN BRIEF.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA HAPPENINGS.
A Horse Collar That Has Been Used
Thirty Years and is Still CODA
Negro Drowned While Fishing in
Fayette County-A Georgia Editors
Acquaintance With Colorow.
GEORGIA.

Acquaintance With Colorow.
GEORGIA
Eatontons municipal election occurs
wednesday of this week.
Tallapoosa is to have Horse Swappers
convention on Sept. u and Is.
The business prospect of Newman has not
been so encouraging since 1851.
Ten valuable sheep were killed by one dog
near the water works at Atlanta Saturday.
Over thousand bales Of cotton have been
received at Quitman during the month OF
August Just passed.
The State and county tax for Brooks
county for 1887, will be So 81 on the 1000.
This is traction less than last year.
Last Sunday Franklin swiftly, of Lowndes
county, aged "a years, was married to
Mrs Polly Jones, Of Naldosta, aged 20.
AT McDonough while Mr.. Hale was hitch
ing horse to a buggy the animal reared
suddenly and fell dead He had previously
shown no sign of sickness.
E. Fl. Barnes. a prominent citizen of Al
bany, owner of the Barnes House stables,
died Saturday of inflammation OF the bow
els. He was 3s years of age.
The Knights of Pythias of Augusta have
determined TO erect the tallest and hand
soonest building in that city 1t will be
Sam johnson, the negro man who was ar
rested at Atlanta few days ago for spirit
ing his niece away, is still under lock and
key at the station house. The girl has not
been found, and foul play is suspected
Fountain Harris (colored) was drowned
at Arnold bridge, over White Water creek,
In Fayette county, last Monday. He was
fishing and sitting on steep bank, and fell
in. Being unable to swim, he was
drowned.
Allen Cowart, one of Laurens county's
most thrifty farmers, has a pair of pants
made in 1852 from wool spun and wove at
home The trousers are good now and Mr..
Cowart prizes them so highly that he only
wears them upon special occasions.
The Griffin cotton factory, at the close of
business Aug, 1, showed a net profit on the
capital stock of the company of "a per
cent The company is so much gratifed at
the success which has attended its enter
prise, that they have now in contemplation
the erection of another factory of equal ca
pacity and dimensions.
D. L. Kitchens, of Savannah district,
Dawson county, has an old leather collar
that was made by old Mr.. Warwick, in
Dahlonega, over thirty years ago. 1t has
been in constant use for thirty years, during
which time it has done service as wagon
and plow collar, and now promises, with
good care, to do god service for twenty
years longer.
VIII Pope is a business boy. His father,
of Carrollton, Jasper n. Pope, gave him
$500 on his 18th birthday, and in place of
spending the money foolishly, as many boys
do, he took an interest in his fathers store
and settled down to work Many boys have
received such gifts from a father and were
right off to some other country, and in six
months all would be spent ia Tiotous living.
Considerable complaint is being made at
Brunswick about the detention of vessels at
quarantine ON account of but one of the
three ballast wharves being in condition for
vessels to lie alongside to discharge ballast.
II is said that at present five vessels are de-
tanned at quarantine on this account, and if
the matter Is not Immediately attended to
it VIII work seriously TO the detriment of
that port.
The young men of Atlanta have move
ment on foot to organize a company for the
escort of President Cleveland when he comes
20 Atlanta to be known as the Presidents
Mule Guard. There will be twenty-five
young men, all mounted on white mules,
that will ride in the procession. The young
men viii all be dressed after the style of the
gay boys who presided when George Wash
ington was occupying the executive seat at
the national capital
months ago, purchased a bee tree ON the
other side of the river from Mr.. Ballard. A
few DAYS ago be- with party of ladies and
friends, went over to cut the tree and get
the honey. On reaching the spot he found
that lightning had struck the tree, complete
ly shivering it. OF course the honey was
gme What became of the bees is not
known. They may have been killed by the
stroke Of lightning.
A man named Phillips, a sub-foreman on
the new Howard street bridge at Rome,
met with bad accident Friday. He was
painting on the cylinder of the bridge when
a twelve pound hammer slipped from the
bridge and gave him glancing lick on the
head, making an ugly cash about two and a
half inches long. The blow ruptnred a
blood vessel of the brain, producing con-
siderable hemorrhage. He is now getting
along as well as could be expected.
Peter Gentry, who lived in the Twentieth
district of HARRISON county, killed himself
by pistol shot last Saturday evening. Mr.
Gentry and his brother, Clate, went over TO
Mr.. Joshua Viewers, and while there Mr.
Gentry suddenly put his pistol to his head,
saying, 81 believe l will kill myself" and
after swapping his pistol once or twice,
fired, the ball entering Just above the right
temple. Life was extinct in few moments
It is said that Mr.. Gentry was under the
influence of whisky. He was young mar
ried man and leaves three children.
Russell Daniels and Riley Miller, two
colored men living in the Cat Creek district
of Lownders county, accompanied by others
of..their color, went to Valdosta Saturday
last and started home together. After
night, while ON the road three or four miles
north of Valdosta, they got into difficulty
and Russell Daniels shot Riley Miller
through the side near the hip. The wound
is serious one, though not necessarily
fatal. The men have settled the trouble
among themselves. Russell is going to nav
Riley's doctors bills and gather his crop for
him.
The Summerville Gazette says: "John
Taylor was taken to Thomas Hendricks
house Friday, to see If Miss Minnie would
identify him, but she emphatically said that
he is not the man. He was turned loose
yesterday morning, Mr.. Haggard having
failed to return from his trip after new evi
dence. Taylor's wife, her sister and three
other negroes came from Chattanooga Mon
day. They all identified him, said that lac
had lived in Cartersville nearly all tho time
for the last ten years until last March, anC
said las he had before that he left there q
avoid being brought before the grand jury
and made to tell who were selling whisky
contrary to law"
On j. n. Walkers truck farm, near
Brunswick, was an Indian mound some -four
or live feet high and several feet in circum
ference, which Mr.. w. concluded TO leve
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